Tuesday newspaper round-up: Anthropic's Claude, BrewDog, energy bills

(Sharecast News) - The AI model Claude has surged in popularity after being blacklisted by the Pentagon last week over ethics concerns. Claude climbed to the No 1 spot on Apple's chart of top free apps on Saturday in the US - dethroning OpenAI's ChatGPT, just one day after the Pentagon tapped OpenAI to supply AI to classified military networks. The bot's app climbed the iPhone app charts in the UK but did not beat out ChatGPT. Claude also raced up the Android charts in the US and UK, though ChatGPT reigned supreme, according to data from Sensor Tower. - Guardian The UK and Irish assets of BrewDog, the Scottish self-styled "punk" brewer, have been sold to the US cannabis and drinks firm Tilray for £33m, in a deal that will cost nearly 500 jobs and leave legions of the company's early-stage crowdfunders empty-handed. Tilray agreed a deal to buy BrewDog's brand, intellectual property, UK brewing operations and 11 "strategic" bars in the UK and Ireland, the two companies confirmed, preserving 733 jobs. The remaining 38 bars will close immediately, at a cost of 484 jobs. - Guardian

Rachel Reeves is poised to backtrack on another manifesto pledge to raise young people's pay as her economic watchdog warns of rising joblessness and a sluggish economy. The Chancellor is expected to water down a promise to abolish what the Government has previously described as "discriminatory age bands" by scrapping the youth rate of the minimum wage, which has existed since the system was introduced in 1999. - Telegraph

Household energy bills could surge to £2,500 a year if the Iran conflict causes prolonged disruption to global gas supplies, analysts have warned. Wholesale gas prices in Britain have already jumped by as much as 50 per cent on fears of a drop in liquefied natural gas shipments from the Middle East after QatarEnergy ceased LNG production following military attacks on its facilities. - The Times